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Leche cruda / Raw Milk
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THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED DEBUT FROM ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED AND AWARD-WINNING POETIC VOICES A unique queer novel that torpedoes the immortal limits of affection: is it possible to love outside of a shared language? After five years away from Italy, Mia returns to Lecce to care for her mother, who is in an advanced state of dementia and no longer speaks, only sings. In the house, she encounters Cavalli, a stray cat who awakens a new and strange tenderness in her mother, whose physical and mental decline, coupled with the intimacy she has established with the animal, places Mia in an obsessive process of transformation. If she could not be loved as a daughter, perhaps she can receive that love from elsewhere. Raw Milk explores the blurred boundaries of communication, the queer impulse of the imagination, and the urgency to invent ways of loving outside of a shared language. Between the poetic and the raw, he asks: can crossing the boundaries between the human and the animal be a way to shorten the gap that separates us? Ángelo Néstore uses a hybrid language that melts the barriers of gender to delve into universal themes such as grief, the fierce attachments between mothers and daughters, illness, and everyday tenderness. With this novel, which is read with the body and the senses, he shows us that mistakes shape our future and that affections are a celebration if they come from the hand of literature. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION THE EAGERLY AWAITED DEBUT OF AN AWARD-WINNING POET A one-of-a-kind queer novel that wonders whether love is possible without a common language. After five years living abroad, Mia returns to Italy to care for her mother, who is in the advanced stages of dementia and can no longer talk, only sing. Her closest companion is Cavalli, an alley cat who awakens a new and strange tenderness in her mother. Her elderly parent's physical and mental deterioration, combined with her fondness for the cat, embark Mia on an obsessive process of transformation. If she can't be loved as a daughter, then perhaps she can find love somewhere else. Raw Milk probes the hazy limits of communication, queer imagination, and the urgency to invent new ways of loving without a common language. Poetic and crude, it asks: can blurring the boundaries between humans and animals help close the gap that separates us? Ángelo Néstore employs a hybrid language that breaks down gender barriers to explore universal topics - grief, the mother-daughter bond, illness, everyday decency - and show how our mistakes shape our futures. This is a novel to be read with the body and the senses, demonstrating the power of a true literary master
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